PMID- 23160045 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130129 LR - 20220309 IS - 1546-1726 (Electronic) IS - 1097-6256 (Print) IS - 1097-6256 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 12 DP - 2012 Dec TI - Glucocorticoid receptors recruit the CaMKIIalpha-BDNF-CREB pathways to mediate memory consolidation. PG - 1707-14 LID - 10.1038/nn.3266 [doi] AB - Emotionally important events are well remembered. Although memories of emotional experiences are known to be mediated and modulated by stress hormones such as glucocorticoids, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms. We found that the hippocampal glucocorticoid receptors that are critically engaged during the formation of long-term inhibitory avoidance memory in rats were coupled to the activation of CaMKIIalpha, TrkB, ERK, Akt, PLCgamma and CREB, as well as a to a substantial induction of Arc and synaptic GluA1. Most of these changes, which are initiated by a nongenomic effect of glucocorticoid receptors, were also downstream of the activation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Hippocampal administration of BDNF, but not of other neurotrophins, selectively rescued both the amnesia and the molecular impairments produced by glucocorticoid receptor inhibition. Thus, glucocorticoid receptors mediate long-term memory formation by recruiting the CaMKIIalpha-BDNF-CREB-dependent neural plasticity pathways. FAU - Chen, Dillon Y AU - Chen DY AD - Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. FAU - Bambah-Mukku, Dhananjay AU - Bambah-Mukku D FAU - Pollonini, Gabriella AU - Pollonini G FAU - Alberini, Cristina M AU - Alberini CM LA - eng GR - R01 MH065635/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 MH065635/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - F31-MH816213/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-MH065635/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121118 PL - United States TA - Nat Neurosci JT - Nature neuroscience JID - 9809671 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Receptors, AMPA) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2) RN - TFZ3H25BS1 (glutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 1) SB - IM CIN - Nat Rev Neurosci. 2013 Jan;14(1):4-5. PMID: 23212549 MH - Animals MH - Avoidance Learning/physiology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*physiology MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2/*physiology MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/*physiology MH - Male MH - Memory, Long-Term/*physiology MH - Protein Transport/physiology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Long-Evans MH - Receptors, AMPA/*physiology PMC - PMC3509234 MID - NIHMS416122 EDAT- 2012/11/20 06:00 MHDA- 2013/01/30 06:00 PMCR- 2013/06/01 CRDT- 2012/11/20 06:00 PHST- 2012/05/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/10/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/11/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/01/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nn.3266 [pii] AID - 10.1038/nn.3266 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Neurosci. 2012 Dec;15(12):1707-14. doi: 10.1038/nn.3266. Epub 2012 Nov 18.